Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-05-20
FORETGN MISSIONARIES
Fro" the C!ong,r,egnti.cnaI Churches oil

ham County Conference Of Congregational
Churches held at Bellows Falls on Tuesday,
May II, 1881
The first was Edmund Frost, who was
born in Bruttleboro. Nov. 10, 1871. He
graduated at Middebury college in 1870,
at Auduvcr theological seminary, Sept. u.
1928. and was ordained the next day. lie
embarked with his wife for Calcutta the
2ith Of the same month, and arrived in
Bombay, June 2S 1924. He uncousciously
carried the seeds Of disease in his system
to India, and died Of consumption, Oct. %,
1925. In his history of the missions Of the
Board in India DR.. Anderson makes the fol
lowing record Of Mr.. Frost Though less
than year and half in the mission, he
had shown the genuineness and fervor Of
his devotion TO the cause and was enabled
to meet death with hope full of immortal
ity. He encouraged his wife to remain
missionary after his decease, which she did,
having seen the need there was in that
country for the labors Of Christian women"
Mrs Frost was Clarissa Emerson of Ches-
ter, n II sister of Rev John S. Emer-
son, who uent, in 1881, as missionary to
the Sandwich Islands Mrs Frost was sub
sequently married to Rev. Henry Wood
ward Of the Ceylon mission and lived with
him about eight years Two or three years
ulUti Ills NcdlH sue bettilllc lllt WIG VI NtN.
William Todd of the Madura mission, and
died June /, 1881 less than six months af
ter her arrival there. The American mis-
SION yas then without cemetery and She
was buried in the English burying ground
where her grave is still seen. Adjoining
this ground, and surrounded by beautiful
palm trees, our mission has for many years
had a burying place, where several mem
bers of the mission and larger number of
their little children have been laid to rest
Tie next from this county was Hollis
Read Born in Newfane, Aug. 6, 1902, he
graduated at Williams college in 1926, and
at Princeton theological seminary in 1929
He married Caroline Hubbell Of Benning
ton. embarked with her at Boston, Aug. ,.
1880, and arrived in Bombay, March L.
1881 The following December he removed
to Amednagar. an old Muhammedan city
| - miles east of Bombay, and with Messrs
Graves and Hcrvey commenced a new sta
ton there The city then contained about
80 600 people but has much larger popu-
latlun now. On account of Mrs. Reads del
icate health, they returned to America in
1885. aud, as DR.. Anderson remarks. the
same cause which brought them home, pre-
vented their return 10 India But though
it was thought she could not live in India.
died at the age Of 80 years From the his
tory Of that mission we learn that during
his stay Of years in India, Mr. Reed was
active and very useful in labor OF his
work in this country a. "a pastor and uu-
thor. or his labOrs in behalf of the freed
men. and OF Lincoln university, an iustitu
ton for the education of culored young
men, / need not speak. have learned
| through his son. that some 30, 900 copies Of
his book, God in History were circu-
lated in this country, while it was reprinted
| in Edinburgh aud London He died at the
residence of his son in Somervie y. j.,
April :, 1881. at the age of ~ years.
The next Was II man born IN this county,
| though his home was not here when he he
came a missionary. William Arms of Mon
trose, Penn, was born in Wilmington, MAY
| Is 1902 He graduated at Amherst col
lege in 1880, and at Andover seminary in
| 1883 Having been ordained at Boston IN
| August Of that year, 10y direction of the
| prudential committee, he embarked on II
mission Of exploration to Patagonia, August
| H. and arrived there Nov. "A. lie return
ed the next January and embarked with
| his wife at Boston, July 20, 1880 for Sin
gapore on an exploring visit to Borneo and
| the neighboring islands. He arrived at
some other islands, returned to America in
December, 1897 and was released from the
Board in June, 1888 Mrs Arms, Mary
Maxwell of Philadelphia, died at Batavia Oh
the island Of Java, July 10, 1896
The next from this county was the wife
Of Rev G.. f. Muzzy of the Madura mission
| She was Samantha b. Robbins sister Of r.
| d. C.. Robbins d. D., for 81 years Profes
sor of Languages in Middlehury college.
and was born in Wardsboro. Nov ,, sos
She and her husband with five other mission
aries, Il missionary physician, and their
wives. sailed for Madras, Nov %, 1896
aud reached Madura May 10, 1881 where
| she died, December 3, 1876 She had charge
of the female boarding school in Madura
| for some time before her death, and was
much beloved, not only by her pupils but
| by many others, also. The following is
| from the report Of the Madura mission for
| that year She had been distinguished
| during eight years of suffering from disease
| for her patience her Kindness and her de
votedness - The Jubilee volume lately pub
| lished by that mission, gives this testimony
| of her. Mrs. MuzZy was very earnest,
| devoted Christian woman, and a true help
meet to her husband. After 10 years of
faithful missionary labor, she was taken Ia
her rest. On the arrival of myself and
wife in Madura seven months before her
| death, We received warm welcome from
| Mrs. Muzzy, partly on account Of having
| come from her native state and county,
and were entertained by her several days.
| We became much attached to her and re
member her as lady of unusual mental
strength and earnest piety.
The next to go were Ebenezer Burgess
and Ozro French, who went to India in the
same ship Mr. Burgess was born in Graf
ton, June %, 1905. He graduated at Am-
herst college in 1881, was tutor there for
two or three years, and graduated at An
dover in 1881. He taught Greek and He
brew in Union theological seminary for a
| year or two, studied for "A time in an.ad
vanced class at Andover, and was ordained
March 49,, 1899 He sailed for Bombay,
Apr /, and arrived there Aug 10, He was
stationed at first at Amednagar, and had
charge of the missionary seminary there
After his health failed, he lived for time
at SAHARA. He married, first Mary Grant
of Colebrook, Ct, who accompanied him to
India and died at Amednagar, June p.
1872 Dr. Anderson says 'She had been
a successful teacher before her marriage,
and exerted an excellent influence on the
missionary schools In 1916 Mr.. Burgess
married Miss Abigail Moore, who went t,
Mt Holyoke seminary from Fredonia, n. Y.
She WAS a niece of Miss LYON. graduated in
1888. AT the close of the first wear of til,
seminary, became teacher the second
year. and remained there till She went t,
India i'm 1916. For four wears before leav-
inc She was associate principal The fol
owing is from the history of DR.. Anderson.
Mrs. Burgess went to SAHARA after the
death of Mrs. Wood and acted the part of
mother to her children. But she, too
was called from her earthly cares on the
2Gth of April, 1853, and left a field in which
She had been eminently useful. for higher